Stories for May 2003
Stories for Saturday, May 31
Pirates Win 2nd Straight Game In St. Louis
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Kenny Lofton went 0-for-5 and ended his 26-game hitting streak, but the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and previously unbeaten Woody Williams 4-3 Saturday. The Pirates have won five of six, including the first two games of the three-game series. The Cardinals fell to ...
Stories for Wednesday, May 28
Bucs Win Second Straight In Chicago
(Chicago-AP) -- Kenny Lofton extended his hitting streak to 25 games as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Chicago Cubs 9-to-4. Lofton doubled to start a three-run third. Randall Simon and Abraham Nunez each drove in two runs for Pittsburgh while Aramis Ramirez collected four hits and an r-b-i. Kris Benson ...
Stories for Monday, May 26
Big 8th Inning Leads To Pirates Victory
CHICAGO (AP) - Josh Fogg outpitched Kerry Wood, and the Pittsburgh Pirates broke open a tight game with nine runs in the eighth inning of a 10-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Monday. Jeff Reboulet and pinch-hitter Randall Simon each hit a two-run single in the big inning, and ...
Stories for Sunday, May 25
Pirates Rally To Avoid Sweep
(Pittsburgh-AP) -- Pittsburgh rallied from four runs down to beat St. Louis 8-to-7. Aramis Ramirez drove in three runs, and Kenny Lofton ran his hitting streak to 23 games with an R-B-I double. Scott Rolen had his second three-run homer of the series for the Cardinals. Jim Edmonds also had ...
Stories for Saturday, May 24
Pirates Blanked By St. Louis
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Matt Morris pitched his second consecutive shutout and Fernando Vina and Jim Edmonds homered in a three-run second inning as the Cardinals, making sure they wouldn't need a comeback this time, beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-0 Saturday night. After scoring eight runs in the final three innings ...
Stories for Friday, May 23
Pirates Promote Former No. 1 Draft Pick To Class AA
PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pittsburgh Pirates promoted Jon VanBenschoten, their first round pick in 2001, from Class A Lynchburg to Class AA Altoona on Friday. Drafted eighth overall in 2001, the Pirates have converted the former slugging first baseman into a pitcher. This season with Lynchburg, the 6-foot-4 right-hander posted ...
Stories for Thursday, May 22
Cubs Defeat Pirates At PNC Park
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Tom Goodwin, getting an infrequent start, hit a go-ahead solo homer in the ninth inning and the Chicago Cubs ended a season-high three-game losing streak by beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 Thursday night. The teams split the rain-abbreviated two-game series. The Pirates have yet to win any ...
Stories for Wednesday, May 21
Bucs Beat Cubs
(Pittsburgh-AP) -- Jack Wilson and Brian Giles hit back-to-back homers in a three-run sixth that allowed Pittsburgh to beat the Chicago Cubs 5-to-2. The Pirates were leading 2-to-0 until Wilson and Giles homered in a span of five pitches against Kerry Wood. Aramis Ramirez had two R-B-I's, scoring Kenny Lofton ...
Stories for Sunday, May 18
Pirates Fail To Sweep Diamondbacks
PHOENIX (AP) - Rookie Brandon Webb shut down Pittsburgh for 7 2-3 innings and the Arizona Diamondbacks salvaged the final game of their three-game series against the Pirates 8-6 Sunday. The 24-year-old right-hander, who relies mostly on a nasty sinker, scattered eight hits, struck out six and walked three. Webb ...
Stories for Thursday, May 15
Astros Rally To Beat Bucs
(Pittsburgh-AP) -- Richard Hidalgo scored the tying run and also hit the go-ahead homer as the Houston Astros beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-to-2. It was the Astros' seventh win over the Pirates in eleven days. The Pirates led 2-to-nothing in the fourth until Hidalgo doubled in a run and then ...
Stories for Wednesday, May 14
Bucs Finally Beat Astros
(Pittsburgh-AP) -- Jeff D'Amico threw seven shutout innings and Kenny Lofton belted a two-run homer as Pittsburgh finally beat Houston 3-to-2. D'Amico gave up four hits and tied his career high with ten strikeouts. He retired 14 of 15 hitters after getting into a bases-loaded jam in the third. D'Amico ...
Stories for Tuesday, May 13
Astros Hand Bucs Another Loss
(Pittsburgh-AP) -- Richard Hidalgo's three-run double in the ninth was the difference in Houston's 6-to-3 win at Pittsburgh. Hidalgo's tie-breaking hit sailed just out of the reach of right fielder Rob Mackowiak, and it gave the Astros their tenth straight win over the Pirates. Bucs closer Mike Williams retired the ...
Stories for Monday, May 12
Slide Continues For Pirates
(Pittsburgh-AP) -- Lance Berkman carried Houston's 12-hit attack in a 9-to-4 romp over Pittsburgh. Berkman went 3-for-4 with a solo homer, three R-B-I's and three runs scored. Berkman provided a two-run single in the Astros' four-run ninth. Jeff Kent and Morgan Ensberg also hit solo homers as the Astros beat ...
Stories for Sunday, May 11
Diamondbacks Take 2 Out Of 3 From Pirates
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Lyle Overbay's tiebreaking homer kept Miguel Batista unbeaten since moving into Arizona's starting rotation, and the Diamondbacks beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 Sunday. Overbay drove in both Arizona runs as the Diamondbacks won for the second time in the three-game series and sent the Pirates to their ...
Stories for Saturday, May 10
Pirates Snap 7 Game Losing Streak
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Brian Giles hit his first two homers this season and Kris Benson pitched eight innings as the Pittsburgh Pirates ended a seven-game losing streak, holding off the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-4 Saturday night. Giles, who returned Wednesday after sitting out nearly a month with a sprained knee, hit ...
Stories for Friday, May 9
Schilling Tosses Shutout Against Bucs
(Pittsburgh-AP) -- Curt Schilling tossed a four-hitter for his first shutout in more than a year as Arizona blanked Pittsburgh 5-to-0. Schilling is 2-and-2. He retired 16 of the first 17 batters he faced. It's his first shutout since April of last year. He had ten strikeouts. Rod Barajas drove ...
Stories for Thursday, May 8
Bucs Lose Sixth Straight
(Houston-AP) -- The Houston Astros won their seventh straight today, beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-to-2 in Houston. Geoff Blum went 3-for-3 with an r-b-i and also scored the go-ahead run in the sixth on a wild pitch by losing pitcher Jeff Suppan. Adam Everett added a two-run double and Ricky ...
Stories for Wednesday, May 7
Bucs Lose Fifth Straight
(Houston-AP) -- Jeff Kent and Lance Berkman carried Houston's offense in a 13-to-4 rout of Pittsburgh. Kent went 4-for-5 with five R-B-I's to raise his average to .328. He hit a two-run homer in the sixth, a run-scoring single in the seventh and a two-run double in the eighth. Berkman ...
Stories for Tuesday, May 6
Astros Rally To Stun Bucs
HOUSTON (AP) - Jeff Bagwell's RBI single capped a six-run, eighth-inning rally as the Houston Astros defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-9 Tuesday night. Lance Berkman hit a solo home run, and Morgan Ensberg added a three-run pinch-hit homer for the Astros, who won after coming back from a deficit of ...
Stories for Monday, May 5
Astros Belt Benson
HOUSTON (AP) - Wade Miller retired his first 16 batters and Jeff Bagwell hit his 11th home run to lead the Houston Astros over the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-1 Monday night for their fourth straight win. Miller was perfect before Pokey Reese singled up the middle on an 0-2 pitch with ...
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